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r "IT'S A COLD DAV WHEN WE GET LEFT." HOOD BIVER, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1890. NO. 1G. HOOD RIVER glacier PublUhed. Kvery Friday by B. F. Itl.VTHK. Terms o( subscription 1.S0 a year when paid In advance. THK MAILS. The mail arrives from Mt. Hood at 10 o'clock . in. Wednesday and Saturdays; departs Iho same dn s at neon. For Chciioweth, leaven at S a. ni. Tuesdays, Thursdays and naturdays; arrives at fi i. m. For White halruon leaves daily at 1 :;!o p. m.: arrive at .":: p. m. from White Salmon leave for Fnlda, Cilmer, Trout Lake and Glcnwood Mondays, Wedneie days and Fridays. 8UCIKTIKI. IAI'KKL KKHKKAII PICCHKE I.OIMiK. .No. i 87, I. O. O. K. Meets hint and thlid Mon days In each month. II. . HlStUHD, N. G. 1. II. Kerouson, Secretary. "1ANHY POST, No. If., (1. A. K.-Mpcta at A. j O. U. W. Unit rirtil Kntuidav of h mouili al 2 o'clock p. in. All O. A, ):. lyiubrrt in vited to luci't with uk. I). (1. II li.i., Commander T. 1. Cunning. Adjutant. CI AN BY VY. R. C, No. 16-Meets first S'ntur- day of each mouth in A. (). U. W. hall at 'I p.m. Mb. (1. P. Ckowki.i,, President. Mas. Ursula Uukks, Secretary. HOOD ;1V1:K I.OIKiK, No. 105, A. F. and A. M. Meets Saturday evening on or before null full moon. li. F. Davidson, V. M. 1). McDonald, Secretary. HOOIl KIVKK CHAI'TKK, No. , R. A. M Meets third Friday night of each month. K. L. Km, II. P. 0. F. William, Seerelary. HOOD P.IVKR CIIAPTF.R, No. 2V O. E. 8. aicels Hatuidnv after each full moon. Mas. Eva Uayniu, W. M. 0. E. Williams, Secretary. fil.KTA ASHKMIIKY, No. 108, United Artisans. I f Meets second and fourth Monday nights of each mouth at Fraternity hall. B others and sisters coidlally Invited to meet with us. A. P. Batkham, M. A. 8. 8. Ghat, Secretary. WAUCOMA I.OIV1E, No. SO, K. of P.-Meets In A. O. U. W. hall everv Tuesday uiKht, (1. W. Graham, C. u. O. T. Prather, K. of R. Sl S. RIVKItSIDK LODOE, No. M, A. O. U. W -Meets first and third haturdavs of each month. J, h. Kami, M. W. J. F. 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For Bill Heads. Letter Heads, Envel opes, Cards, Circulars, Small Posters, Milk Tickets, Programmes, Ball Tickets, Legal Blanks, etc., come to the GLACIER JOB OFFICE. ...Fresh Milk... AreateJ and deodorized. 5 cents a quart, F. H. BUTTON. DALLAS & SPAXGLER. DEALERS IS Hardware, Sieves and Tinware Kitchen Furniture, Plumbers' Goods, Pruning Tools, Etc. We have a new and complete stock of hardware, stoves and tinware, to which we will keep constantly adding. Otir prioeVwill continue to be as low as Portland prices. BFPilSIHS TIIWABE 1 SPECIALTY. EVENTS OF THE DAI Epitome of the Telegraphic News of the World. TERSE TICKS FROM THE WIRES An Interesting Collection of Items Frost the Two Hemispheres Presented la Condensed Form. The demand for lumber is unprece dented throughout the country. The battleship Wisconsin will he ready for her trial within a fortnight. The famous petrified forests of Ari zona tit a y be But aside for a national park. ' ' " ' The Union Paoifio will inciease its oapital stock and buy the connecting line to the Pacific. The Kebiaska hoys were given a rousing reception at Omaha and throughout the state. The lawyers in session in Buffalo favor the new bankrupt act, but be lieve creditors should have better pro tection. The taking of the census in Cuba is laid to be a preliminary step to the establishment of a republican form of government. The governor of Vermont wanted heavy cannon for the Dewey salute and has ordered them shipped from San Francisco. There is active recruiting everywhere in Peru and the government continues to send troops to the interior. Busi ness is at a standstill and mines are shutting down. An agent of the British govemment who is in Scuttle on business says that Kruger does not want war, but will likely be forced to it by younger blood which now practically controls his cab inet. It Is repotted in Manila IhatAgui naldo has ordered thti rebel generals in the province of Cavite to dose in on and attempt to take the town of Inius, and it is added the troops are concen trating around the town from the lake country. To combine the combination of trusts is the object of an incorporation, the papers for which have recently been taken out in New Jersey. The idea is to form one gigantic central oouupany, employing the entire produc tive capacity. An elaborate plan is on foot for an alliance of the Cential American states. Their fleets would combine and work together and they would con trol an inter-oceanic canal. It is the intention to have the agreement ex tend for 25 yeais. Illinois white men killed two negroes and the colored people have called up on the authorities for prompt action. The trouble originated in a grading camp at Rockford and 19 black men who were driven from the camp are now being fed by the police in Chicago. Miners in Mexico are not being mo lested by the warring Yaquia. The Prussian diet has closed. No action was taken with the canal bill. Mrs. Phoebe Hearst is the principal stockholder in a new California oil company. A Japanese paper says Aguinaldo was killed by General Pio del Pilar last June. The military commander of San Cris tobal has been assassinated by the San Domingnn rebels. Julia Dent Grant, daughter of Fred erick Dent Giant, now serving in the Philippines, will wed a Russian prince. Walter Wellman, the leador of the polar expedition, has arrived in Eng land. He is probably ciippled for life as a result of his trip. A company with a capitalization of $20,000,000 is foiming in San Fran cisco for the purpose of establishing big enterprises in China. According to a statement just issuod by the California state bank commis sioner, the increase in assets and lia bilities is the largest ever shown. The United States transpoit Giant, bearing the Idaho, Not tit Dakota and Wyoming volunteers, has hi lived in San Fiancisco. Dining tiie voyage there were five deaths. General Joe Wheeler in an inter view with a press correspondent says he believes Otis will soon make tapid progress. He says he likes the Philip pines and that the impression that the country is unhealthy is wrong. James Hamilton Lewis, of Washing ton, is about to leave for England to press upon the attention of the British government the claims of a large num ber of American miners, aggregating nearly $25,000,000, and mostly in the Atlin district. Two wrecks in one day were re ported on the Rock Island. The eant liouil flyer tan into a freight train at Keats, Kas. The engineer and fireman of the passenger train were severely injured. The Keokuk express ran off the track near Elgin, 111. The train was badly smashed, but no one was in jured. An anti-kissing league has been in augurated among the society girls of the East side of Cincinnati. It is proposed to set np a modern American saw mill in China, where lumber is still sawed in the primitive methods of a century ago. Boston's largest 'and owner is Arch bishop Williams, who holds in his name real estate valued at $7,000,000 belonging to the Roman Catholic ohuich. LATER NEWS. A silk ribbon tiust lias bein organ ized. Fear of war is effecting trade In England. The Washington volunteers have sailed for home. The condemned ship Relief is to be used as a floating hospital at Manila. Otis will send the Ohio after the grpunded Morgan City troops at Nag asaki. Yucatan Indians uow refuse to pay taxes in Mexico, and more trouble it expected. British seamen have declared a gen eral strike and the movement will effect all British ports. Thousands of veterans are in attend ance at the national G. A. R. encamp ment in Philadelphia. Admiral Dewey has arrived at Gib raltar. He will sail foi New York be fore the middle of the month. Five of Colonel Bell 's men encoun tered a rebel outpost near Porao and one of their number was killed and an other wounded. Private McVeigh, sentenced to be shot at San Francisco for murderously assaulting an officer, will have a life term of imprisonment instead. The retail butchers propose to make a great light against the trust. They have $10,000,000 of capital and mem bers in neatly every large city in the United States. Kruger has withdrawn his conces sions to England. The time of resi dence necessary to obtain franchise has been increased instead of decieased as England demanded. Labori is on the- war path. He has given formal notice that he will seek information in foreign channels, as has the prosecution. This, it is said, will bring about grave complications. Ezterhazy, who is in London', says disastrous results will follow the ac quittal of Dreyfus. Moroier certainly will be condemned, and that will only be the beginning of trouble in France. A Washington correspondent says the president has made up his mind as to the government of our new posses sions. Each group will have a differ ent form of control. Cuba will be in dependent, unless annexation is da aired, in whicli event, American senti ment will determine form. Philip pines will be governed by three com missioners; Porto Rico by territorial government and Hawaii as recommend ed by the the commission. . Eighteen cases and three deaths is the yellow fever situation at Key West. The president's census proclamation does not impress the Cubans favorably. Santo Domingo City, the capital, has declared for Jiiaines, the (evolu tionist. A Kentucky desperado carried out his threat and killed an officer sent to arrest him. The rebels attacked Angeles with ar tillery, but were driven off by Colonel Smith's men. New England silvetites eulogized Aguinaldo and denounced the Ameri can war policy. The matter of abrogating the Clay-ton-Utilwer treaty will soon be taken up with Enlgand. The Boers are rushing supplies to the tal border to be prepared to strike the first blow. The transport Morgan City, bound for Manila with reinforcements for Otis, grounded at Nagasaki, Japan. Dreyfus' friends say the tide has turned and the prisoner cannot now be condemned. His innocence is almost proven. The United States hospital ship Re lief, which recently arrived in San Franoiaco from Manila, has been con demned. The Kansas regiment has left Manila for home. The Iowa and Tennesse regiments are now the only ones left in the islands. While mertally unbalanced, Henry Emde, a Chioago carpenter, shot and killed his wife and fatally wounded his 6-year-old daughter. A member of Admiral Sampson's staff says he does .pot want to retire. The admiral is in good health and wants to stay with the squadiou. As a result of a row between strikers and a repair gang at. West Pittston, Pa., John Pollock, was killed and eight others were severely injured. Kruger has backed down from the position he had taken. He has agreed to the proposed confeience at Cape Town and will explain the franchise law. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, proph esies that expansion will be the sal vation of cotton, and is about to start a crusade in the South to spread the new gospel. The secretary of the interior has or dered that sheep he exoluded from the Ranier reserve in Washington. Graz ing is considered injurious to foi est s. This deoision is but a precedent, and it is said it will be but a short time until sheep are excluded from all the forest reserves of the country, includ ing the great Cascade teserve in Ore gon. Charles Prophenas. of Milburn, N. J., says he has solved the problem ot perpetual motion. Preparation for the erection ot the $15,000,000 steel plant which is to be located at Stony Point, near Buffalo, N. Y., are in active progress. Captain Davis Dalton, the swimming expert who was drowned r.ear Far Rockaway, was known as the champion life saver of the world, having leecued 278 people fioin drowning. BATTLE ON A ML Daring Feat Accomplished by Americans in Negros. BANDIT STRONGHOLD CAPTURED Troops Advanced a Thomaiiil Feat Vp m rarpucliiilar Itlurr Unde a Hot rira. Manila, Sept. 5. Argogula, the most impregnable stronghold of the bands which have been destroying planta tions and levying tiitmteon the people of Negros, was taken Thursday by the Sixth infantry, under Lieutenant-Colonel Iiiyne. Tlyk'v!'.iKii of reach, ing the town was tes f.oi pendicular hill, oovetod with dense shiuhery and 1,000 feet high. The Americans ac compliHhed this under fire, although an officer and several men wero hit and '-neks weie lulled down upon them. he native strength was estimated at .00. Many of the rebels weie wound ed and captured, and 21 were killed. The American forces captured a quan tity of stores and destroyed the foi t id eations. . The shipping commissioner of Ma nila, a Filipino, hitherto in high stand ing, has been arrested, charged with uppiopriating half of the tit st month's salary and levying monthly thereafter an assessment on all the native sailors shipped from this port It is repre sented that he held a commission in the insurgent army, and was raising funds for the insurrection; but it is thought that his operations were mere ly private blackmail. The informa tion resulting in the arrest of the ship ping commissioner reached the poit captain and chief of police thhrough a sailor who is not In sympathy with the insurrection. The Otlicial Gazette, published at Tarlao, which has been leceived iiere, contains an otder by Aguinaldo as sembling the Spanish civil prisoneis and sick soldiers at the ports of San Fernando, Union and Dagupan f ir re patriation. The order stipulates thai vessels calling must fly the Spanish or Red Cross flags. Jauiecilla, the Spanish commissioner, intends to ask Major-Genuial Otis for permission to send ships. Fond Supply Is Low. Manila, Sept. 5. Many Spanish prisoners are escaping from the Fili pinos and biinging into the American lines stories of haid Ireament. They agree that the Filipinos are exceedingly short of rations, and that a large sec tion of their troiljiOs leduced to the use of hotuo-made black powder. The natives are trying eveiy scheme to get food and munitions from: Manila. Daily arrests are made for attempts to smuggle contraband of war through the American lines. In one case a cascoe with a cargo of bamboo polos was over hauled and the poles were found lull of rice. The Insurgents have a wholesome lespect for the British on account of several threats of Biitish waiships to oomhard their towns unless the rights of British subjects are respected. nils Churged Willi Perjury. Chicago, Sept. 5. The Times-Herald says: "Charges of perjury and suborna tion of pel jury have been tiled against Genera) E. S. Otis, comiuandei of the American army in the Philippines, with President McKinley, by Frank P. Blair, one of the counsel for Captain O. M. Carter, late government engineer at Savannah. Counsel Blair declares that at an early date he will also tile charges of pet jury and subornation ol perjury against .1 in lj;e Advocate Col onel Thomas II. Barr and President McKinley. Colonel Barr appeared in the famous trial of Carter for the gov ernment. General Otis was president of tho Catter conrt-niattial." Ilty'i (hi one Fighters. New York, Sept. 6. George H. Holden, who has been in the Philip pines attending to the prize and bounty claims of the sailors who took part in the battles of the late war, is in the city. In an interview he said: "I received the utmost courtesy from Admiral Dewey. When I was leaving and called to pay my respects to the admiral, he said, among other things: 'Mr. Holden, when you get back I wish you would see our congressman and get him to pass a laur-which will allow the Chinese boys whom I havo had with me to oome to Ameiica. If they ar good enough to fight with us and tc wear the medals of our government, they aie good enough to become citi zens.'" Tarried Out His Threat. London, Sept. 5. A report is cur rent that Deputy Sheriff Lewis, of Manchester, was killed yesterday In Clay county. Several weeks ago in Manchester, Deputy StubhlefielJ was shot by Matt Smith. Smith escaped capture, and, going to his home, sent word to the county officials that he would never attend court alive, there fore it would be fatal for persons to at tempt to take him. Yesterday Lewii went to serve papers on him and he was shot dead as h passed Smith's house. If the report is trne, this makes the third killing id Clay county the past week. Fire Darlen Rioters Convicted. Darien, Ga. , Sept. 6. After three days' sitting, five of the rioters on tiial here have been convicted. The first Jury retired yesterday afternoon, and immediately afterward tbeindgn called a second bunch of five and court sat until a late hour getting evidence and bearing arguments. The court then adjourned, and the jury retired. Up to noon today they had not reached a verdict, and it Is feaied they will not agree. LEAVING KLONDIKE. Departures Tills Year Kxoeed, br Over M.OOO, the Arrivals. Vancouver, li. C, Sept. 4. Tha Dirigo in rived from Alaska today with 200 passengers anil gold dust estimated at $250,000. The higgunt winner is Barclay, of North Dakota, with $103, 000. Among the passengers was C. S. Coastwoith, who went in over the Ed monton louto. Ho reports that Dr. Mason, of Chicago, and others who were sick with scurvy at Wind City, got though safely. Since the opening of navigation, ac cording to passenger lists, 0,417 people have left Dawson and 3,809 have ar rived there. This aggregate does not include 1,600 men who floated down the liver to Cape Nome. Departuies this year exceed ariivals by 8,048. It is estimated that there aie 8,000 men broke in the Klondike who must got out of the country or become objects of charity next winter. Tho telegraph line has reached a point on tho Yukon river 150 miles south of Dawson. The woik is being pushed ahead at the rate of five miles a day. The government is building a wagon trail frra Caribou crossing to a point below Whitd Horso rapids, through Watson valley and around Thirty-Mile river. This will lessen the distance on the winter trail folly 100 miles. ACCIDENT TO THE NEWARK. Broke a ristnn lt.nl as She Was Enter ing Hwn Francisco Hay. San Fiancisco, Sept. i. The oruiier Newaik met' with a mishap as she was Doming into port Tuesday, the news ot which lias just leaked out. When off Angel island one of the piston tods of the port engine broke in two and the piston smashed through the oyliniior head. The enigne was stopped as soon as possible, and the cruiser proceeded up the bay on her other engine The repairs will probably be made at Mure island. Captain Goodrich, of the Newark, has been detached from that command, and today assumed eummand of the battleship Iowa, relieving Captain Terry, who is ordered home on waiting orders. The command of tho Newark will devolve upon Captain B. II. Mo Calla. It is expected that Captain Terry will soon be promoted to the rank of lear-admiral. Tellow Fever at Key West. Washington, Sept. 4. Geneial Frank, commanding tho department of the Gulf, has telegraphod the war de partment that four cses of yellow fever hare appeared at Koy West and asked for instructions. In reply Gen eral Miles sent telegraphic instructions directing tho removal of the garrison at Key Weet to such a point ns Frank may deem best, but suggesting Fort MoPherson. The garrison at Key Wst is com posed of batteries B und N, First artil leiy. There aie no cases among the troops. Fever In the South. New Orleans, Sept. 4. An autopsy held today on tho body of young Udolph, who died yesterday, revealed the fact that death was caused by yel low fever. The case was reported to the authorities four days ago, but Dr. Murphy, of the marine hospital serv ice, did not know that the vase was one of yellow fever. Americana In Transvaal. New York, Sept. 4. A special to the Herald from Washington says: Ao tion has been tat an by tho state de partment for the protection of Ameri cans and their inteiests in the Trans vaal in case of war belween Great Brit ain and the Boer republic. Instruc tions wero sent by Secretary Hay today to Consul Maoruni, at Pretoiia, di recting him to watch vigilantly devel opments in tho situation and their effect upon American citizens and their ieSierests. They Hailed on the Para. Washington, Sept. 4. The following cablegram has been received at the war departmetn: "Manila, Sept. 4. Adjutant-General, Washington: Nine hundred and twenty-ioui discharged soldiers sailed on the Para yesterday. Find statement in possession of Lieutenant Gordan, signal officer, who will identify men to paymasters, Han Francisco. Advisable to make full preparations foi prompt payment on arrival of Purn. I'OTIS." Fighting in Congo Free Slate. Brussels, Sept. 4. News has been leceived of sharp fighting between the Congo Free State troops and Batetla natives beyond Songola. The rebels were driven back with a Iocs of 100 men. The troops lost 25 native sol diers. The rebels were not followed bocauso they retreated over famine and smallpox devastated tracts. The coun try is now reported to be quiet. Tim Public UebtT Washington, Sept. 4. The monthly statement of the public dobt shows the debt, less cash in the treasuty, amounts to $1,157,836,555, a decrease of $4,281,11(1 as compared with the last month. This decrease is accounted for by a conesponding inciease in cash on hand. Hundreds of I. Ires Lost. Yokohama. Sept. 4. Hundreds of lives have been lost by the flooding of a copper mine at Beshi, island of Shi koku. Great Northern lirunches- St. Paul, Sept. 4. It is announced that the Great Northern contemplates immediately extending a branch from Fairhaven and an extension into the Republic mining distriot. Mill Hearing Completion. The mill building of the M. M. & M. Co., at Chelan Falls is Hearing com pletion. It is expected the machinery i will arrive within a week or two and it i will not be long before the mill will be in operation. t Y V President Has Made Up His Mind on the Subject. THE CABINET IS TO CONSIDER Each Group Will Have a Different Form at 1'outrol -Culra Will le Independent New York, Sept. 6. A special to the Herald from Washington says: There is good authority for the state ment that the president has returned to Washington with these general ideas uppermost in his mind ns to his future course in relation to the new depend encies: The Philippines Civil government by three commissioners to supplement military rule immediately aftir the rebellion is ciushed. Cuba Continued military control until it is determined by means of a general election whether the inhabit ants want independence or annexa tion. If independence, the new gov ernment elected will be recognized by the United States and will be given encouragement and every opportunity to establish its stability. If annexa tion, the president will be governed bv the sentiment of American citizens as it may then exist. Porto Rico Uivil government of the territorial form, similai to that which prevails in Arizona. Hawaii Territorial form of govern ment as recommended by the Hawaiian commission and as p'ovided for in a measure now pending before congress. Some weeks will elapse befoie the president settles down to the actual preparation of his message, but he has returned from his vacation with some well-defined views ns to the difficult problems which confront him and will immediately commence discussions of the details with the members of his cabinet. It has been generally supposed that with the war still in progress in the Philippines the president would avoid committing himself to recommenda tions of the future government of the islands, but such will probably not be the case. His Pittsburg speech leaves no room for doubt that he will insist upon Amerioan control of the Philip pines. To this extent he has come out squarely and thrown down the gauntlet to the anti-expansionists. Mi. McKinley not only favors the permanent control but is prepaied with all of the forces at his command to fight for it, but to avoid the charge of militarism, and tnat is his reason fot making the recommendations, he pro poses outlining a plan to congress for submitting a civil form of government for the military the moment peace is obtained and the complete supiemacy of the United States established. Further discussions with his cabinet may change somewhat the piesident's views as to the form of civil govern ment best suited to meet the situation, but at present the commission idea predominates. Professor Sehurmann, president of the pence commission, is understood to favor this kind of con trol and a historical review recently prepared for the president, showing that the United States has frequently adopted this method of control of new territory in a transitory Btate, has (Imply impressed members of tbe ad ministration. It is appreciated that it will be some years before the islands are ripe for even a territorial form of government, such as is proposed for Porto Rico, so that control by commissioners, much the same as in the District of Colum bia, is deemed a happy substitute for a military government and a safe and simple means of control preliminary to the establishment of a territorial form of government, when it may be possi ble to give the natives generally the light of suffrage. The plan under consideration con templates three commissioners, one an army officer, to have charge of fiscal affairs, another a naval officer to have control of the customs, and the third, a leading native officer of legal exper ience to look after the judiciary, all three to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate Fnrther details contemplate giving the Filipinos .a voice in all municipal affairs and the most libetal self-government possible. Columbia the Defender. Newport, R. I., Sept. 6. In today's race, the second and last of the official trial races for the settlement of a de fender for the America's cup, the Co lumbia again demonstrated that she is the superior of the Defender, tbe 1895 champion, by defeating her 10 minutes and 7 seconds over a triangular course, in an eight-knot breeze and a smooth sea. Calcium Mght Plant F.lplnded. Chicago, Sept. 6. By the explosion of a calcium light tank filled with car bonic acid gas, in the Chicago Calcium Light Company's machine room on Washington street today, Fiank Hop kins was fatally burned and Howard McClethan seiiously injured. The first floor ot the building ' was wrecked. Several persons who were passing were slightly cot by flying glass. McKinley Not Coining to the Coast. Washington, Sept. 6. Senator Car ter, of Montana, who has just returned from a Euiopean trip, was at the White House today, and, after a confer ence with the president, stated that Mr. McKinley would be compelled to give np his contemplated trip through the WeBt. He will attend the cere monies attending the laying of the cor-nei-stone of the Chicago postoffice, October 1, but it is altogether improb able that he will get further west than Chicago. WRECK OF THE MORGAN CITY. All Hands Were Landed, hut the Cargo AVaa Lost. Washington, Sept, C The follow ing dispatch, received this afternoon, gives some particulars of the wreck of the transport Morgan City: "Nagasaki, Sept 5. Adjutant-Gen-eial, Washington: The transport Morgan City, under guidance of an ex perienced pilot, struck a reef on tho inland sea, eight miles from Ononnohi and 250 miles from Nagasagi, about 4 a. m., September 1. She hacked off at daylight. The vessel filled rapidly; was beached and all were saved. The oflioers and crew did splendid work. Have telegraphed to Kobe for food, and am sending a wrecking crew, vessel and food from here. Cat go almost all lost. Can you send me a transpoit from Manila. American money is good here onlv, hence the delay. "CA KTER, Quartermaster. " General Otis cabled Minister -Buck for particulars, and notified the de partment that tho Ohio would be sent to Nagasaki. The govemment suffers no great loss in the wreck of the Morgan City, save that of time, as she was a chartered vessel and the owners aie the losers. A Total Wreck. London, Sept. 6. According to a dispatch to the Daily Mail from Kobe, Japan, the Morgan City is a total wreck. BOER WAR PARTY In Control of Affairs In the Transvaal Fence la Considered Hopeless. London, Sept. 6. The Johannesburg correspondent of the Standard says: "I learn from an official, who has been earnestly striving for peace, that tne mattei is now hopeless. The Boers will probubly declare war at 48 hours notice, and will tiy to raid Natal be fore the British troops arrive. I be lieve the Oiange Free State will join the Transvaal, but that the Boers in Natal and Cape Colony will remain quiet at the outset, unless irritated by the dismissal of the Cape Colony cabi net. "The Boors have the fullest confi dence in their magazine rifle and their skill in marksmanship. State Attorney Smuts is the chief inciter of the war party. Thirty thousand men in the Transvaal and 20,000 in the Orange Free State will take the field." The Times prints a letter from the bishop of Pietoria. appealing for funds to relieve the terrible distress caused by the protracted tension and the fears of war. A dispatch to the Daily Mail from Delagoa Bay says the refugees from Barberton declare that they were warned to leave, as the Foers intended to cordon the district. There are nu merous dispatches giving rumors as to war plans and preparations, the probable attitude of the natives and possible developments. . AFFAIRS IN BRAZIL. Sale of a Large Tract to the German Government. Rio de Janeiro, Sept. 6. Notice hat been received from Berlin that the Duke of Saxe has sold to the German government lands in Santa Catherine, estimated at over 1,000 square leagues. The minister of the exterior has con cluded conferences with the Bolivian minister about Acre, the territory claimed by Brazil and Bolivia, the in hahitants of which recently claimed their independence and constituted a new South American commonwealth. The government has ordered that mu nitions of war he sent with all haste from Bahia to Para. Three gunboats will asoend the river Para above Acre in a few days. Rear-Admiral Howison and the offi cers of the United States cruisers Chi cago and Montgomery visited Petropo lis Saturday and Sunday, where they were entertained at the United States legation. The resignation of the Argentine ministers is regarded ns a condemna tion of the policy of General Rooaa re garding Brazil and the delivery of the missions treaty. SEVEN WERE DROWNED. Accident to n Sailing Parly, Caused by the Sinking of Their Boat. Halifax, N. S., Sept. 6. A sailboat was sunk tonight near the mouth ol Halifax harbor, and several lives were lost, the victims belonging to this city. There were 11 persons in the bont and four were saved. The maet was lifted out of its stepping by a squall of wind, and when it fell back into its pocket it punched a hole in the bottom of the boat, causing her to sink in a few min utes. Those drowned are: Robert David son, plumber, wife and three nnniar lied sisters; W. Hamilton, employed in the city cleiks' office, and John E. Hancock, clerk. Held I'p the House. Spokane, Sept. 6. Two masked men at 4 o'clock this morning walked into Harry Green's gambling rooms, on the seoond floor of a block in the very heart of the business district, held up 15 men, looted the tills and safe, and escaped with $1,800 in cash and bills. In the chase and subsequent capture of one of the thugs, Policeman Gemmring was shot in the groin and perhaps fa tally wounded. New Standing HIgh-Jnmp Record. New York, Sept. 6. At the games of the St. James' Catholic Association, of Red Bank, at Hollywood Park, N. J., today, Fied Gerner, of Long Branch, beat the world's standing high-jump record, clearing the tape at 6 feet 4 inches. The record broken, 5 feet 8, inches, was made by G. W. Ewrye, of Chicago. Oklahoma's wheat crop, 40,000,000 bushels. i